Brock Halliday

Tony Sykes

Tony Hirst

Silvan Frei

Isabel Brito

Tyrone Pereira

Senior Broker

Preet Khabra

Senior Broker

Scott Wilford

Senior Broker

Tanya Kilese

Senior Broker

Rajneeta Sharma

Broker & administration support

Brock Halliday

Founder & Director

Brock is one of the most experienced insurance brokers in the Sydney insurance market with more than 50 years in the industry. In that time he has held senior management positions as an insurer and for many years as the licensee of Halliday & Nicholas Insurance Brokers and more recently General Insurance Brokers of Australia.

Tony Sykes

Founder & Director

A true industry professional, Tony has more than 20 years insurance industry experience across multiple insurance areas and industry segments. Tony has held senior insurance management positions over this period with Halliday & Nicholas Insurance Brokers and as the joint founder of General Insurance Brokers of Australia (GIBA).

Tony brings his experience and specialisation skills to small to medium businesses across a wide range of industries. Tony hold numerous relevant qualifications including being a Senior Associate of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance ANZIIF and as a registered Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP).

Tony Hirst

Managing Director

One of Australia’s leading insurance specialists, Tony has more than 40 years of insurance brokering experience. Tony has extensive knowledge of the Australian insurance market and understands the comprehensive and often complex insurance needs.

Tony brings his expertise to corporate international placements. Tony has numerous relevant qualifications including a Diploma of Finance and Insurance Broking and is a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB).

Silvan Frei

Director

With global insurance knowledge, Silvan is an accomplished insurance professional. He has more than 25 years’ experience as an underwriter and broker in Europe and Australia. Silvan has extensive knowledge of the Australian insurance market and understands the comprehensive and often complex insurance needs of small, medium and large businesses across all industries.

Silvan brings his extensive knowledge to all areas from arranging Insurance covers for a one-man business to developing and implementing tailor made international insurance programs. Whatever your needs, Silvan has the knowledge, experience and consultation skills to find the perfect Insurance policy and solution for his clients. Silvan holds numerous relevant qualifications including a Diploma of Finance and Insurance Broking and is a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB).

Isabel Brito

Account Executive SME

Isabel has 17 years of industry experience and joined the GIBA team in 2012. Isabel has worked for international and national brokerages which has given her an extensive grounding, broad knowledge and experience in insurance broking.

Isabel is reservoir of knowledge and provides invaluable and insightful service to GIBA’s SME clients. She is always up to date with insurance intel and provides timely, accurate and consistent support to all her clients. Isabel has achieved her ASIC PS146 Tier 1 in insurance broking & Tier 2 in general insurance.

Tyrone Pereira

Senior Broker

Tyrone has 13 years experience in the financial services industry predominantly in group people risk and superannuation. He has worked in sales, product and marketing recently holding the title as senior product and marketing manager and director of product and strategy at specialist boutique brokerages.

He has a passion to innovate, using technology and know how to develop solutions that improve products, business process and customer service. As part of senior management teams he has been involved in developing business, product and sales strategy.

Preet Khabra

Senior Broker

Preet has worked as a Chief Financial Officer, Financial and Management Accountant in the insurance industry for more than 14 years. He has worked at various small to medium sized Underwriting Agencies and in an Insurance Broking firm, specialising in Accident and Sickness Insurance.

Preet holds a CPA and Bachelor of Business. He has also completed Tier 1 in Insurance broking.

Scott Wilford

Senior Broker

Scott is a leading insurance executive with over 25 years’ experience across Australian and multi-national insurance organisations. Scott has extensive experience in customer driven insurance advisory services. This skill has provided particularly favourable insurance outcomes for clients as well as sound protection for Australian business clients with community and risk management solutions.

Scott has a passion for innovation and information technology based businesses – particurlarly those that influence products and services and create new business growth and positive customer experiences.

Tanya Kilese

Senior Broker

Tanya has over 15 years’ experience within the insurance industry across underwriting and account management roles for established Australian and global organisations. Tanya has extensive experience across a wide variety of industries and has a genuine passion for sustainable and innovative businesses. This includes the development and implementation of new ideas, creative processes and enhancing client experiences.

She also applies a solution’s focus to her work and provides tailored risk management advice that offers the greatest protection to a client’s business operations as well as the opportunity for growth. As a member of Women in Business networking groups, Tanya is dedicated to supporting and connecting with other like minded women in business.

Rajneeta Sharma

Broker & administration support

Rajneeta has 10 years’ experience working in international & national insurance broking. This has given her the experience and knowledge to work as an extremely competent brokerage assistant as well as managing multiple administrative duties of the company. Rajneeta has achieved her ASIC PS146 Tier 1 qualifications.

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